Friday, December 29, 2006

李貝妮 Pollyanna Lee

李貝妮 Pollyanna Lee是當年代的本地樂壇金牌經理人梁柏濤 Pato Leung,繼捧紅陳美齡 Agnes Chan後,試圖全力栽培為接班人的七十年代初本地女歌手。

原是與兩位胞妹共同組成之一支三人女子民歌組合Tripod Cauldrons成員的她,於1970年Life Records (麗風唱片)出版的《First Folk Album》及《Second Folk Album》這兩冊LP合集中,被獲邀灌唱了以組合名義面世的"Sorrow"及"Jesse James"這兩首歌曲。


  

  

1971年麗風唱片為李貝妮出版了其首張的個人七吋單曲唱片《One Day Love 朝暮情╱FS-3》,製作人是其經理人梁柏濤 Pato Leung;Side 1歌曲是同年先前全歐洲歌唱大賽(Eurovision Song Contest)中代表愛爾蘭參賽女歌手Angela Farrell演繹的"One Day Love",Side 2則是一首以唱述當年美國大盗Jesse James生平事蹟的同名民謠歌曲"Jesse James"。


"One Day Love"


"Jesse James"試聽版 ﹕


隨後的1972年,她的首張個人七吋EP專集《Over And Over》面世,唱片內收錄的三首歌曲"Over And Over"、"Try To Remember"及"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face",全是抄襲了著名希臘女歌手Nana Mouskouri於1969年收錄的其個人十二吋LP專集《Nana Mouskouri Sings Over & Over》內、三首相同歌曲之演繹及伴奏配樂風格模式;其餘一首的"One Day When We Were Young",則是演繹了改編自已故Johann Straus II的原創作品"Wer Uns Getraut"、及經由Oscar Hammerstein II配詞後成為1938年西片〈The Great Waltz〉(華爾滋大王)中、由已故著名英國藝人Gracie_Fields原唱的插曲。而這唱片專集的配樂伴奏,全是由當年的蓮花樂隊(The Lotus)成員担綱,包括了周華年 Wallace Chow(主音結他)、張俊英 David Cheung(鼓)、蘇雄 Danny So(低音結他)及陳占美 Jimmy Chan(鍵琴)。

Over And Over     (1972/FEP 3)

Side 1
  1. Over And Over    (Traditional.Michel Eugene Jourdan)    (歌詞連結)
  2. Try To Remember    (Harvey SchmidtTom Jones)    (歌詞連結)
Side 2
  1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face    (Ewan MacColl)    (歌詞連結)
  2. One Day When We Were Young    (Johann Straus IIOscar Hammerstein II)    (歌詞連結)
"Over And Over"



"Try To Remember"2分12秒試聽版 ﹕


"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"1分51秒試聽版 ﹕


"One Day When We Were Young"


出版了這兩張個人唱片專集後,她變得消聲匿跡似的,再不見有任何由她演繹的歌曲出現。惟其後麗風出版了多張的本地歌手歐西民歌LP合集,都有收錄了她曾灌唱那僅有的六首歌曲在內。這包括了:

Best Of Folk            (1971/FA-4)



Ever Popular - Frances Yip.Pollyanna Lee    (1975/FA 14)



Best Of Folk Vol.1            (1977/FA 21)


  • Over And Over     (Traditional.Michel Eugene Jourdan)    (歌詞連結)

Best Of Folk Vol. 2    (1977/FA 22)



被上載至Youtube網站的上述原灌唱歌曲版本:


"One Day Love" by Angela Farrell


"Over And Over" by Nana Mouskouri


"Try To Remember" by Nana Mouskouri


"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Nana Mouskouri


"One Day When We Were Young" by Gracie Fields

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

She is such a natural and the song brings back so much sweet memory of the days when we were young. Can you please let me download it from your site? Thank you.
Mei

Unknown said...

I have only just discovered Pollyanna Lee at Youtube. She is one of the best singers I have ever heard.Does anyone know why she stopped singing and where she is today and what she is doing?
Was she born in Hong Kong?

Anonymous said...

yes, she is from Hong Kong.

Peter said...

I believe she is in Canada.

Peter said...

I believe she is in Canada now.